how long do your tyres last?

[Big_daddy]

Just replaced my front tyres 02/2011, with toyo proxies 16"
other week checked it and they on the limit.
I do poke odd occasions when im in a rush, i was hoping they would last longer as i think the part worn continental i had would last longer. gettin expsensive changin them every year...

how often do rest of you change yours? (not inc track day use )

 

[cus]

make sure you get them balanced, then tracking and camber. will make a massive difference to how long your tires last!

 

[Big-Pete]

4 wheel align if you can using a hunter machine.

i bought my car in april and will need new tyres in august/there abouts.

they where almost on the wear markers anyway, highly recommend pirrelli Pzero nero reinforced tyres!

 

[Tucker157]

I run pzero Nero's n I've put two full sets on in 16 months. Still life left in them tho, n I've done about 20000 miles in 16 months, so, I think that's reasonable, I'm not a granny after all!

But I had proxies on my 1.3 polo, n a Full set lasted me 4000 miles! Hooning obviously, but they are soft!

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[Tucker157]

Oops, 20 months, ok, helps when you can count! Lol n its just over 21k

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[Big-Pete]

I run pzero Nero's n I've put two full sets on in 16 months. Still life left in them tho, n I've done about 20000 miles in 16 months, so, I think that's reasonable, I'm not a granny after all!

But I had proxies on my 1.3 polo, n a Full set lasted me 4000 miles! Hooning obviously, but they are soft!

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p zeros are awesome tyres i really rate them what do you think?

 

[Tucker157]

Indeed! They do the job well, wet or dry, very good feed back and very progressive when on the limit, but 85 a corner can get pricey when you tear em to shreds, or get a bit of wire through the side wall in two places on a tyre with 5mm tread! (which just happened to be btw!)

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[andycupra]

how long is a piece ot string?

how many miles do you do?
what sort of driving?
you say you give it some now and then, do you actualy find that you pass many cars even when not giving it some?

 

[jay-cupra]

I get 12000-15000 out of my Toyo T1r's and had 18000 out of my uniroyal rainsport 2's, I dont drive steady all the time as I go to Santa Pod quite afew times a year, £60 a tyre for that amount of miles sounds good to me

 

[denzil691]

i used to have uniroyal rainsport 2's then tried p zero's going back to rainsport 2's they last longer and grip alot better in my opionion p zero's didn't last long either i don't drive fast all the time or slow all the time drive the car for what it is built for

 

[JacketJ]

I'd always had Proxies on my old Mk2's but just put some P-Zero's on the Cupra R and they seem ok. I thought the proxies definately seemed better, especially in the dry, but I only used to get around 6-8k out of them. Will probably go back to proxies next time unless these really last much longer.

 

[Tucker157]

pzero nero should last longer then toyo proxies, proxies are only good cause they are soft! pzeros are a good compound of rubber, not just a soft one. proxies hold on good but they tend to 'snap' free on the limit, youve got grip then all of a sudden its sliding, whereas with the pirelli's i find them very progressive!! they just gently let go. and allow you the feed back to catch it. id like something with more outright grip but to get such a well balanced tyre the next step up is quite expensive!

 

[jay-cupra]

anyone tried Goodyear eagle F1's as I can get them for £75

 

[Tucker157]

Gsd2 or 3 n now they do a asymmetric one aswell I think.? I know the original 1 was awsome, I thought 2 wasn't as good as 1 and wore out more quickly, but haven't tryed the other two,

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[RM1988]

What size does everyone buy?

 

[Big-Pete]

What size does everyone buy?

standard cupra rims take 195 45 16, if you want it a bit firmer 195 40 16. but that will throw the speedo out.

 

[RM1988]

Has anyone tried 205/45 or 205/40?

 

[Tucker157]

205/45/16 I run

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[jay-cupra]

I'm tempted to run 205/45/16 next, theres abit better choice of tyres

 

[Big-Pete]

click for tyre choice!